Explore every episode of the podcast Coloured Souls
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| S03 E03: Into the Pluriverse: An Introduction to Pluriversal Thinking | 04 Dec 2023 | 00:28:57 | |
How do you define normal? Is it in your use of language? Your religious beliefs? How is it that we can be at the centre of our own universe, yet in orbit in others whilst interacting with entirely different epistemologies, lived experiences and perceived normals? In this episode, we will explore how universal truths are affected by subjectivity as we step into the pluriverse. | |||
| S03 E02: Combating the legacy of educational subnormality: African Informed Pedagogy | 06 Nov 2023 | 00:21:32 | |
Britain’s education system, a system based on oppression and subjugation, has done little to nothing to positively impact upon the British Caribbean community. From the categorisation of Caribbean children as ‘educationally sub-normal’ to the cycle of exclusions, Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) and ultimately prison, the educational outcomes of British Caribbean children is the lowest of any ethnic group in Britain aside from Roma Gypsy children. The pedagogical practices currently being employed, epistemologically Eurocentric, do not reflect or represent the British Caribbean children in the classroom. An African-informed pedagogy can help African diasporic children access education in a more culturally informed and meaningful way. An appreciation of multiple epistemologies and centring other cultures can create an environment of criticality and growth. | |||
| S03 E01: Cyclical incarceration: The PRU to Prison pipeline | 01 Oct 2023 | 00:41:23 | |
PRUs are an alternative education provision for those who have been excluded from school or are unable to attend mainstream education. This pipeline metaphor is used to identify the process through which students are pushed out of schools into alternative education provisions and then, ultimately, for some, into prisons. Today we will discuss the factors that contribute to the PRU to prison pipeline in the context of the British Caribbean experience. These disciplinary actions put students at higher risk for negative life outcomes, including involvement in the criminal justice system. | |||
| S02 E06 Inside Out: Being an Indigenous Outsider | 20 Mar 2023 | 00:24:11 | |
Over the course of my master’s degree, the concept of assimilation came up time and time again and I found myself questioning why that was the case. What is it about assimilation that has troubled so many communities, individuals and institutions? In order to understand this concept, I have been looking at it from a number of angles, in this episode, we will discuss the positionality of being an indigenous outsider. | |||
| S02 E05 The violence of Epistemicide | 20 Feb 2023 | 00:19:03 | |
The ways in which a particular culture formulates its knowledge is intricately bound up with the very identity of its people, their way of making sense of the world and the value system that holds that world view in place. Epistemicide, as the systematic destruction of rival forms of knowledge, is at its worst nothing less than symbolic genocide. In this episode, we will discuss the detrimental effects and impact of epistemicide on communities of the global south. | |||
| S02 E04 To be or not to be: the stickiness of language | 09 Jan 2023 | 00:21:37 | |
The English language is far from perfect. Not just in the context of being unable to express love in as many ways as some others, but in the stickiness of our titles. Be they diagnoses or racial stereotypes, in this episode, we are going to discuss the impact of labelling and the weight of words on African diasporic shoulders.
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| S02 E03 Educational subjugation | 05 Dec 2022 | 00:22:10 | |
Whilst extreme forms of racial segregation have not been enforced on Britain’s shores, other insidious forms have been integrated into the culture. One such form of segregation operates from very early in the life of many twenty-first century Black Britons; as early as the age of six, school year two, for many children as ‘sets’, ‘streaming’ or ‘attainment grouping’ (Taylor et al. 2018), named by some schools, group children based on their abilities to complete tasks in specific lessons. In this episode, we will be exploring educational segregation as a means to subjugate. | |||
| S02 E02 The misnomer of diversity in Britain's institutions | 07 Nov 2022 | 00:17:32 | |
In this episode, we seek to explore how modern Britain’s interpretation of diversity manifests with global majority faces leveraged as a method of demonstrating inclusivity in the educational institution whilst their voices are silenced both in the classroom and in the literature of the curriculum. Ultimately, we will unpack the question, is diversity a misnomer used in place of tokenism? | |||
| S02 E01 The mis-selling of Black history month | 09 Oct 2022 | 00:19:30 | |
In the United Kingdom, the month of October is dedicated to Black history; a month to celebrate all of the contributions that black Britons have made to the country. Whilst it is of course an important part of the calendar, there are limits to its potency. In this episode, we will explore the value of black history and try to unpack the question, through the use of black history month, are we still being mis-sold our history? | |||
| 06 The Shattered Illusions of Caribbean Migrants | 05 Mar 2022 | 00:26:22 | |
In the final episode of Season one, we dive into the poignant novel The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon in order to discuss how the illusions of Caribbean migrants were shattered upon their arrival and over the course of their settling into the culture of the country. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/colouredsouls) | |||
| 05 The Privilege Gap of the 2020 Pandemic | 05 Feb 2022 | 00:27:52 | |
The pandemic of 2020 shone a light on a deeply divided workplace: the highly paid, salaried graduate elites on one side, and the workers in dead-end jobs, lacking basic rights or entitlements, on the other. Those who were able to work from home (on average richer individuals) were significantly less likely to be furloughed or lose their jobs. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/colouredsouls) | |||
| 04 Do we Subjugate Ourselves with Language? | 08 Jan 2022 | 00:27:45 | |
Throughout history, we have seen language used to discriminate, humiliate and subjugate people of colour. So today, we will explore: Do we subjugate ourselves with our language? **Warning: The 'N' word is used in this episode. ** Much of this episode has been researched through the work of Daynalí Flores-Rodríguez, Franz Fanon, Albert Memmi, and many other studies and works of literature. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/colouredsouls) | |||
| 03 What is Critical Race Theory? | 11 Dec 2021 | 00:24:40 | |
On today’s show, we will discuss CRT. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/colouredsouls) | |||
| 02 The Salience of War in school | 13 Nov 2021 | 00:28:37 | |
On this show we will discuss a topic that is mentioned and covered in great detail throughout the UK in our educational institutions, the media, books and countless films. We will explore how the second world war has affected and continues to affect the curriculum as we seek to explore the question, do we give the war too much coverage in our schools? First and foremost, I am not anti the teaching of the second world war, in fact, I feel that it is important to teach our children about it and for them to understand how we have reached the point we are currently at in time. This is the most important part for me, though, the actual teaching of the war. We all know that the winners always write the history books and that the viewpoint will be influenced by the bias of said winners. My query is whether this emphasis on the war has any underlying purpose and if so, how deep does it run? Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/colouredsouls) | |||
| 01 Barriers to Progression | 15 Oct 2021 | 00:32:34 | |
I was reading through the report by Ainscow et al: PRIMARY SCHOOLS RESPONDING TO DIVERSITY: BARRIERS AND POSSIBILITIES (2015) In the report they stated that we need to ask three key questions: - How effective is the English primary school system in responding to pupil diversity? - What are the barriers to progress? - What needs to happen to move the system forward? So on today’s podcast, we will explore these questions a little further. | |||
| Coloured Souls Season one Pilot | 10 Oct 2021 | 00:04:16 | |
Hello and welcome to season one of Coloured Souls. Here is as brief introduction of what this podcast is all about! | |||